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Troubled waters: How global marine wildlife protection can undermine fishing communities
Globally, conflict between recovering seal and sea lion populations and fishing communities has been escalating. This new research presents a unique overview of this conflict, particularly from the fishers’ perspective, and proposes…
New WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF compendium of 500 actions aims to reduce diseases from environmental…
Nairobi - WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN…
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies highlights links between human and planetary health
Nairobi – The world today marked the second International Day of Clean Air for blue skies under the theme Healthy Air, Healthy Planet, which highlights the link between air quality and planetary and human health. Nine out of ten people on…
U.S. EPA and UNEP partner to protect human health and the environment
Washington – Today the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a renewed five-year Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement addresses key areas of collaboration to strengthen…
Vice President dedicates 1.5 Megawatt rooftop solar power plant at JIPMER, Puducherry to the nation
New Delhi: The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today called upon large institutions and public sector organisations to strive towards sustainability in their operations by using renewable energy. He suggested greater adoption of…
U.S. Department of Energy funds center to build a foundation for quantum chemistry
When a plant turns a splash of sunlight into a new leaf, that process is more complicated than the latest SpaceX launch, the stock market or brain surgery.
That process, unfolding inside a molecule called the photosynthetic center,…
U of T researcher explores impact of climate change on food security in the Yukon
The intensifying climate crisis will have a distinct impact on Canada’s North – and one University of Toronto researcher wants to understand what this could mean for the food security of people living in the Yukon.
Accelerated…
UK: Sports industry urged to kick plastics out of sport
Olympic gold medallist Hannah Mills today joined the Environment Agency in calling on sport organisations across the country to ramp up efforts to tackle plastic waste.
New advice about reducing avoidable plastic waste at events and…
UK: The MMO introduces the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone Habitat Protection Strategy
The MMO is introducing the Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Habitat Protection Strategy. This strategy will protect the designated features of the MCZ and ensure that marine activities can continue in a sustainable way.
The…
European power companies face €114 billion ‘debt trap’ if they delay climate action
The researchers found that a ‘significant majority’ of companies within the sector could have the financial resources to close their carbon emitting power plants early. But if they delay action for just five years, fourteen out of…